I would like to understand the term white balance. My camera has settings for white balance with the following options:
Auto white balance
Daylight
Cloudy
Shade
Flash
Incandescent lights
White set1 ...

I recently started setting my DSLR to save RAW files, and using Adobe Lightroom to process them. I still, however, use my little point and shoot camera a lot which does not have an option to save RAW ...

I have read the existing question - Does the camera white balance setting affect the raw image at all?
After reading the above post, I am still not clear on the part around exposure. Is it possible ...

In a recent question, Steve Ross points out that Adobe Photoshop has a useful feature for matching color between photographs. Of course, color adjustment can be accomplished in Gimp with careful use ...

Does a DSLR's white balance setting (whether a preset like cloudy or a custom WB setting) affect the raw file at all, or does that setting only determine the WB of the JPG that the camera generates?
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I want take a photo of a scene lit by a yellow-orange street light. Unlike many of the questions here, I don't want to balance the colours in the scene, rather I want the areas lit by that light to ...

I recently went to a one-year-old's birthday party. The event took place inside; there was some light coming through the windows from outside and there was also light from the lightbulbs in the room, ...

Do I have to have the gray card on a specific angle while taking a photo for custom white balance calibration? Or it is irrelevant?
I am guessing that the gray card plane should be perpendicular (90 ...

I captured a Raw image using my Canon 450D. When imported this RAW(CR2) file into Lightroom and Photoshop CS5, it showed the Temperature as 4900 and White Balance setting - "As shot". When I checked ...

Okay, so, this has taken the Internet by storm today... You've probably seen it and lots of commentary.
Apparently, many people see this as gold and white; to me, it's unambiguously blue. There are ...

I have used both modes on my Canon 550D and found the results to be quite different, particularly indoors under fluorescent light. Auto white balance seems to produce yellowish images at times, while ...

I know that one can photograph a color-neutral card (white, gray, black) and use it for white balance, either in-camera or in post-processing.
Using an image of a color-neutral card taken under given ...

I've been contemplating the purchase of an Expodisc to finally be rid of most white balance corrections. The price is a little steep for me, however. I was wondering, is there a way to make something ...

I currently have a cheap UV filter that was initially purchased with the camera.
I am looking at buying a HOYA UV or Skylight filter as it is suggested this may help improve the image quality.
Many ...

I am working on a digital still camera. I need to compute the colour temperature of the illuminant programmatically using some algorithm (not using a third party tool from Adobe or etc.).
In my case ...